Duve

[dy-vuh]

noun

Chris·tian Re·né de

[krees-tyahn ruh-ney duh] /krisˈtyɑ̃ rəˈneɪ də/, 1917–2013, Belgian biologist, born in England: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1974.

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British Dictionary definitions for de duve

de Duve

noun

Christian. born 1917, Belgian biochemist, who discovered lysosomes: shared the Nobel prize (1974) for his work in cell biology

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de duve in Medicine

Duve

[dōō′və, dü′-]Christian Marie René Joseph de Born 1917

British-born Belgian physiologist. He shared a 1974 Nobel Prize for contributions to the understanding of the components of living cells.